Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic who Turned a Bright Idea Into One of America's Best Companies
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (809 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0761137777 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bill Moyers said this about Paul Orfalea after reading Copy This!: "If I could live my life over again, I would sit at his feet and listen to everything he has to say." And David Brancaccio, host of NOW on PBS, wrote: "As the host for a decade of a daily business program, I had to read what seemed like every business book published in the English language. It's the story of how a struggling kid who could barely read, write, or sit still managed to grow a 100-square-foot copy shop named Kinko's into a $1.5 billion empire that Fortune named one of the best places in America to work. And it's the story of an
"A good intro to Paul Orfalea and Kinko's - but there was so much more" according to LeftCoastRider. I enjoyed reading this because I worked for Kinko's for 10 years, and have to say that Paul was a great leader for that company. But I knew that the company was doomed once he decided to sell, and it was very obvious to those of us on the front lines that a great company was going to die once Wall Street got their hands on Kinko's.. Donald T. Kinstler said Inspirational, but repetitive.. The book is one of many I have read by self-made business people. It gives a historical account of the rise of Kinko's sprinkled with ample nuggets of Mr. Orfalea's philosphy and business principles.It also (*very* unusual in these typically self-stroking autobiography/business tomes) covers the author's problems with anger managem. Dean Zatkowsky said More Than Meets The Jaundiced Eye. As a longtime coworker who still works with Paul, I want to address a frequent criticism of this book: that it offers no new and earth-shattering business wisdom.That kind of thinking permeates business and media; they would rather have new ideas than good ideas, they would rather be exciting than effective.Every twenty years or so
All rights reserved. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . His difficulties gave him "learning opportunities," he explains. "They propelled him to think differently," he says, and to develop "an unorthodox, people-centered, big-picture business model" that relied heavily on the intelligence and skill of his franchise managers. Orfalea's exuberant and irreverent attitude—he freely admits to cheating in school and relying on others to get him through college—will entertain many readers, and his sanguine acceptance of his dyslexia will inspire many others. More original are his autobiographical sections, which explain how a man with dyslexia, an uncontrollable temper and a mistrust of authority managed to grow a tiny California copy shop into a $2-billion-a-year company. With the help of coauthor Marsh, Orfalea replicates much of t